Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-07-24
A Change Is Good, But ALI Enjoy Returning
to Their Homes.
PERTINENT PERSONAL POINTERS.

And the June-bugs fly,
IT'S then I'd rise and ShoEe the country
And the hay-seed from my hair,
IT'S then TO thee, fair Babylon,
Thy daughter would repair. -Bd-dr.
Many Wheeling people are now quarter
ed at the mountain resorts, some are at the
sea shore and others have gone to the
country, where they are spending their
vacation quietly, and while poor humanity
who annot get away are sweltering in the
hot city, they are enjoying the shades Of the
trees and inhaling the cool, refreshing
breezes of mountain top or seaside. When
these fortunate ones return all manner of
sentimental membranes come with
them of walks through fragrant pine
woods, of row on bay and creek un-
der the starlight, of morning swims and
afternoon drives, and of moonlight picnics
and dances. But with all these-and only
vigorous, unwearied youth knows how
pleasant such memories are-comes a still,
small spirit of devout thankfulness for the
return to gas, tender meats, airy apart
ulcLlS anu SOhNCLlShN uath VIII
There is no recuperative agent so recon-
mended by physicians and so approved by
travellers as change. But it is an open
question whether the chief benefit of the
change does not lie in the stimulated sense
of all that is pleasant and comfortable and
luxurious in the conditions of home life,
after the change has been taken in the pre-
scribed fashion.
Those forlorn persons who migrate from
one clearinghouse to another, and never
know what the privacy, independence and
comfort of a home means, cannot easily
realize how pleasant is the return from a
few weeks in the country, no matter how
full those weeks have been OF social enjoy
ment. Dressing in a dark bedroom early
in the morning or by fitful candle-light at
dusk is not calculated to send the fastiGi-
Gus forth to a yachting or dancing party
with 'the divine consciousness Of being
well dressed" and the forgetting of a
whisk, a powder-puff, a favorite brand of
soap, or a cherished bottle Of toilet water
has been known to spoil the pleasure of an
entire party, simply because it has set
the spirits of the chief fun-maker of the
company on edge.
Nobody likes to acknowledge himself .
thrall TO anything as prosaic rs gas, fine
soap, or tender chops, and yet we are all
more or less dependent upon such practical
things for our daily peace; and ozone,
mountain scenery and inyigorating open
air exercise psnnot quite supply their
place.
Creature comforts have a hold upon civ
| .I...l .,.n ,,hsnl, tl,a q, ~ ~ CT aynlua from
large cities only serves to accentuate, and
from sweet sixteen, who cannot heat her
curling tongs in the country candle, to her
portly father who cannot get his roast
done rare or his claret put on the table at
the sight temperature, city folk
always find soIae Eit4l matter wrong
in their country living. Perhaps
il il the fault of city luxury,
perhaps IL ia the fault OF country depriva-
tons, that men arc 30 RELUCTANT to follow
their wives aud daughters ana sisters TO
the summer resorts. Whichever is the
reason, the homecoming is accompanied by
a large, deep, comprehensive sigh Of re-
lief in which every member of the family
Joins. The first linnes at Aqme, the first
experience of dressing before a generous
glass, by adequate light, the first departure
to be irresponsibly entertained at the he
alter, have q zest which nothing but the
contrast Yith country deprivations can
give them.
There is O Scandinavian tradition to the
effect that kissing was first introduced into
England by Rowena, the beautiful daugh-
ter of Hengist. Again in CrOmWelps
time, says the Des MOines Ia journal,
when the banished Cavendish visited q
French nobleman at his own chateau, the
mistress of the house, at the head of her
maidens, thus crested him; "Forasmuch
as We be an Englishman, Whose custom it
is in your country to kiss all the ladies
and gentlewomen without offence, and al
though it be not so here in this realm, yet
will l be so bold as to kiss you, and 80
shall all my maidens."
And now at this late day the habit
which is as old as the first courtEhip, and
which has produced barrels and barrels Of
satisfaction from the day which is men,,
toned in the sixth chapter of Genesis
when 'the sons of God saw the daughters
of men that they were fair"-this beauti-
full habit is condemned by a hard-hearted
old scientist, who is probably go repulsive
and gloomy that no pretty woman has
ever ventured to place her pearly lips in
contact with his cuticle Of mucous MEM
brane.
The idea! Only think Of it. This old
fellow says that kissing is unhealthy, that
the mouth is inhabited By an innumerable
number of animalcule. and that these are
set free in the act of kissing, and pass from
one mouth to another. All right let
them come. We are not afraid of animal
cul9.
Rainbow parties are the correct thing
now in the way of lawn entertainments in
the East. Miss Flippant says the assem-
blies are given that name because the
beaux reign at them. But she is in error.
Booths adorned with many colored ribbons
and papers are erected on the lawn. Re-
freshments and favors are distributed
from them. The conceit Of the name is
obtained from the bright colors of decora-
tons and dress. They are not half bad
fun, if it wasn't for the summer bugs.
An Eastern exchange says a girdled girl
was q of the sights in the streets lately.
Her slim figure was encircled by Il huge
silver girdle, from one side OF which dang
led forty-six little chains. At the end Of
every chain was q trinket. There were
fourteen Roman coins, a latch key, PEN
holder case, vinaigrette, button hook,
glove buttOner, silver address tablet, tiny
bonbon box, a corkscrew, a miniature
cimeter, q chatelaine watch, a small oxy-
died iron parasol, which, when opened,
became a fan, a bullet which had killed a
bear on her brothers ranch, a card case, a
lock OF hair in q lOcket, a chain purse, a
compass, q small paper cutter, and a doub-
le-barreled dog whistle. Wheeling girls
haven't taken to the girdles so far.
Several efforts have been made to revive
the lawn tennis club this year, bat as yet
they have not met with success, on &C
count of the bad weather and several other
causes. a number of the members. how